Energy

Diversity is still woefully lacking at most VC firms — and in the companies they back. Here are some ideas on how to change that from people who have done it.

Husk Power Systems has just raised $100m from investors including Shell to build 1,500 solar mini-grids in India and Nigeria in the next four to five years.

Fit your technology to the current energy system, get the cost of green hydrogen under $1 per kilo and understand your funders.

Funding in every other sector continues to decline but industrial startups solving climate change and logistics problems are in vogue.

Western governments have increased scrutiny of companies that have links with China. These are the corporate venture capital units with the biggest concentrations of Chinese investments.

Brazil's corporate venturing units are mostly less than 3 years old but have been set up in a way that maximises chances of success.

Latin America not only has a rapidly growing corporate venturing ecosystem but very active cohort of female practitioners.

The number of corporate-backed funding rounds continued to decline in Q3, but September saw a sharp jump in the value of deals. Large deals are back, too.

Science-based evidence of health benefits, access to customer data and an influx of investment are behind the growth in functional foods.

Parent company representation on startup and portfolio company boards is an essential element of the corporate innovation industry - but who holds these seats?

Tom Lounibos, managing director of Accenture Ventures, the consulting firm's corporate venture capital unit, has made several investments in space technology startups.